Revitalization and Branding of Rural Communities in Cameroon Using a Circular Approach for Sustainable Development—A Proposal for the Batibo Municipality

Rural communities in Cameroon have high levels of poverty, poor living conditions and lagging sustainable development. Lack of economic, social and physical infrastructure opportunities make these communities unsustainable and impact the quality of life for residents. Existing conditions render these areas unattractive for visitors and external and local investors. Initiatives to reduce poverty and improve living standards have had limited impact to reducing poverty or improving quality of life. The recent signing of Cameroon’s decentralization law, giving authority for planning and investments to local council governments now provides an opportunity to rethink existing strategies. Using Batibo, a representative community in the north western region of Cameroon, this paper examines the status of development initiatives and identifies new priorities for planning and steps to improve economic status. Guided by the Theory of Ecological Design and Five Pillars of Economic Development, and using a circular city approach, this paper outlines a concept for town planning and architectural flagship projects that can project the image, culture and heritage of the community and strategies for improving markets. With decentralized governance and re-envisioned priorities, Batibo has an opportunity to become a prototype for sustainable development and model of a quality future in rural Cameroon.

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Social enterprise as a generator of quality of life and sustainable development in rural communities

Revista científica Pensamiento y Gestión ◽

10.14482/pege.37.7028 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 255-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mario Vázquez-Maguirre ◽

Luis Portales

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Social Enterprise

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Discovering the Environment around School, with Local Communities: A Reflection Approach of Required Skills

World Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.22158/wjer.v3n1p200 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 200

Author(s):

Maria Kalathaki

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Local Communities ◽

Natural Ecosystems ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The North ◽

Teachers And Students

A Cretan Lyceum, with local communities, materialized an Environmental Education Project, with the subject of “Forest, Biodiversity and Quality of Life” based on the principles of the Education for the Sustainable Development. The project aimed to update, aware and mobilize students on issues related to the forests, wetlands, biodiversity, sustainability and quality of life, to develop an anti-consumer model by highlighting the traditional way of life and to involve them in the care-management of natural ecosystems. The project activities took place in two different natural ecosystems of Greece, in the north and south. Objectives of the research were to draw attention to the skills that teachers and students need and cultivate for the implementation of Discovery Teaching method in projects of Education for the Sustainable Development which aim to cultivate the future environmentally and science literate active citizens. This research is a case study of content analysis of the project’s archival material by using the Evaluation Tool for the Application of Discovery Teaching Method in the Greek School Project of Environmental Education (Kalathaki, 2015). Were coded 7 research categories, such as the promoting of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication and Collaboration, Establishment of Requirements for Lifelong Learning, Promotion of the Sustainable Development, Cultivation of Active Environmentally Literate Citizens, Inquiry Skills, Use of ITCs.

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How Sport Tourism Event Image Fit Enhances Residents’ Perceptions of Place Image and Their Quality of Life

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12198227 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (19) ◽

pp. 8227 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bryan Cheng-Yu Hsu ◽

Yu-Feng Wu ◽

Hsin-Wei Chen ◽

Man-Lai Cheung

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Place Image ◽

Development Goals ◽

Image Fit ◽

Event Image

This study developed an exploration model for sport event image fit to predict and explain the place image and quality of life in order to achieve sustainable development goals in rural communities. To validate the model, 294 valid resident responses from a rural community that hosted a sporting event in Taiwan were analyzed with partial least squares structural equations modeling (PLS-SEM). The results showed that image fit contributes to the social environment, entertainment services, and quality of life; four place image dimensions had a significantly positive effect on quality of life. The exploration model was validated, contributing to the knowledge related to Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 11.

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SUSTENTABILIDADE DE PRODUÇÃO AGRÍCOLA DAS FAMÍLIAS ASSISTIDAS PELO PROJETO DE TRANSPOSIÇÃO DO RIO SÃO FRANCISCO EM SÃO JOSÉ DE PIRANHAS - PB

polemica ◽

10.12957/polemica.2019.47384 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 50-69

Author(s):

Flávia Clessione Cordeiro Cruz ◽

José Deomar de Souza Barros ◽

Francisca Soares Sousa ◽

André Lima Leite

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Future Generations ◽

Farming Practices ◽

Family Farming ◽

Sustainability Index

Resumo: O desenvolvimento sustentável desafia a sociedade a fazer uso de práticas de desenvolvimento que garantam qualidade de vida para as gerações atuais e futuras. Nesse sentido, a agricultura sustentável visa uma produção agrícola com o mínimo de impactos ambientais possível. Diante disso, faz-se necessário inferir a sustentabilidade na agricultura com o uso de indicadores, que tem como objetivo monitorar os métodos de cultivo a fim de obter informações que determinem se os métodos utilizados são sustentáveis, permitindo também a identificação de aspectos que precisem ser melhorados. Dessa forma, a pesquisa realizada visou identificar o índice de sustentabilidade de produção agrícola das famílias assistidas pelo Projeto de Transposição do Rio São Francisco, em São José de Piranhas – PB. A pesquisa foi realizada nas Vilas Produtivas Rurais, localizadas no município de São José de Piranhas, no período de 02 de outubro de 2017 a 30 de junho de 2018, e deu-se por meio de um questionário utilizado como instrumento de coleta de dados. Os resultados obtidos indicam que os agricultores assistidos pelo Projeto de Transposição do Rio São Francisco, em São José de Piranhas, não utilizam práticas agrícolas sustentáveis. Na análise dos dados foi observado que a agricultura familiar exercida nas Vilas Produtivas Rurais apresenta um baixo índice econômico (0,10), um baixo índice técnico-agronômico (0,49), um baixo índice de manejo (0,03), um baixo índice ecológico (0,06) e também um baixo índice político institucional (0,13). De acordo com a metodologia utilizada na pesquisa, todos os indicadores apresentaram uma baixa sustentabilidade.Palavras–chave: Desenvolvimento sustentável. Produção agrícola. Indicadores. Transposição.Abstract: Sustainable development challenges society to use practices that ensure the quality of life of both current and future generations. The goal of sustainable agriculture is to exert the least possible impact on the environment. The sustainability of agricultural practices can be inferred with the use of indicators designed to monitor farming methods to obtain data that determine whether the methods employed are sustainable as well as identify aspects that need to be improved. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to identify the sustainability index of farming production among families assisted by the São Francisco River transposition project in the municipality of São José de Piranhas in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. The study was conducted in productive rural communities of the municipality between October 2nd, 2017 and June 30th, 2018. Data collection involved the administration of a questionnaire. The results indicate that farmers assisted by the transposition project do not use sustainable farming practices. The analysis of the data revealed that family farming practices in the rural communities have low economic (0.10), technical-agronomic (0.49), management (0.03), ecological (0.06) and institutional-political (0.13) indices. Based on the methods employed in the present study, all indicators point to low sustainability.Keywords: Sustainable development. Agricultural production. Indicators. Transposition.

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Strategic Role of Zakat in Multidimensional Quality of Life in Sijunjung, Indonesia

The Journal of Muamalat and Islamic Finance Research ◽

10.33102/jmifr.v15i1.101 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 55-72

Author(s):

Herlin Hamimi ◽

Abdul Ghafar Ismail ◽

Muhammad Hasbi Zaenal

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Wealth Distribution ◽

Absolute Poverty ◽

Before And After ◽

The Status ◽

Being There ◽

The Impact

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam which has a function of faith, social and economic functions. Muslims who can pay zakat are required to give at least 2.5 per cent of their wealth. The problem of poverty prevalent in disadvantaged regions because of the difficulty of access to information and communication led to a gap that is so high in wealth and resources. The instrument of zakat provides a paradigm in the achievement of equitable wealth distribution and healthy circulation. Zakat potentially offers a better life and improves the quality of human being. There is a human quality improvement not only in economic terms but also in spiritual terms such as improving religiousity. This study aims to examine the role of zakat to alleviate humanitarian issues in disadvantaged regions such as Sijunjung, one of zakat beneficiaries and impoverished areas in Indonesia. The researcher attempted a Cibest method to capture the impact of zakat beneficiaries before and after becoming a member of Zakat Community Development (ZCD) Program in material and spiritual value. The overall analysis shows that zakat has a positive impact on disadvantaged regions development and enhance the quality of life of the community. There is an improvement in the average of mustahik household incomes after becoming a member of ZCD Program. Cibest model demonstrates that material, spiritual, and absolute poverty index decreased by 10, 5, and 6 per cent. Meanwhile, the welfare index is increased by 21 per cent. These findings have significant implications for developing the quality of life in disadvantaged regions in Sijunjung. Therefore, zakat is one of the instruments to change the status of disadvantaged areas to be equivalent to other areas.

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Indicators of Sustainable Development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury in the Environmental Aspect

Olsztyn Economic Journal ◽

10.31648/oej.2934 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 299-309

Author(s):

Mirosława Witkowska-Dąbrowska

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Data Bank ◽

Local Data ◽

Indicator Method ◽

Environmental Aspect ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Assessment Indicator ◽

Area Unit

The purpose of this study has been to identify the degree of sustainability in the development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury. The theoretical and empirical investigations were conducted between 2003-2014 based on data from the Local Data Bank. Using a comparative indicator method, 20 indicators were developed, with different directions of preference. The evaluation involves the concept of uniform preference, hence the higher the assessment indicator, the better the situation in the evaluated area unit. Our studies on the sustainable development of the Province of Warmia and Mazury suggest that the indicators measuring the environmental dimension and consequently the quality of life of the residents (in this aspect) score higher than the country's average values. It is also optimistic that some progress, however small, can be seen in this area based on the analyzed dynamics of changes.

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Sustainable development of communities. Indicators for city services and quality of life

10.3403/30271570u ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development

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About Using the Complex Method in Studies of the Quality of Life of the Population of the North Ossetia

Sociology and Law ◽

10.35854/2219-6242-2020-1-36-48 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 36-48

Author(s):

I. M. Loskutova ◽

N. G. Romanova

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Standard Of Living ◽

Complex Method ◽

The North ◽

Social Wellbeing ◽

The Social ◽

Sociological Studies ◽

North Ossetia

This article is devoted to the application of an integrated approach in the study of the quality of life of the population of the North Ossetia. Aspects of the specifity of objective and subjective approaches are substantiated. The increasing importance of the concept of “quality of life” in the XXI century is indicated. A review of sociological studies of the level and quality of life in Russia, as well as a range of monographic works on the analyzed issues. The results of empirical sociological studies in 2014 and 2018 (a study of the quality and standard of living of the population of North Ossetia and a study of the social wellbeing of the population of North Ossetia using the methodology developed by Lapin N. I. and Belyaeva L. A.) are presented.

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